Lit U Series: Book 1
My new bodyguard doesn’t know we met before…and kissed.
Our paths first crossed during a Halloween game of Hide and Keep. Concealed by costumes and cornstalks, players get to be whoever they want, as well as be with whoever they want. No names. No strings attached. One night only.
Just when things were heating up between me and the stranger in tactical gear, my father’s chopper showed up, forcing me to disappear without a word.
Months later, he walks into my life again, only this time as my bodyguard, tasked with keeping me safe…and in line.
Instead of the elusive girl he kissed in the dark, Crue Brantley only sees the spoiled brat everyone else does and treats me as such.
The more time we spend together, the more he starts to see beneath my mask. But there’s a lot Crue doesn’t know, like why my father really hired him.
And I can’t let him find out. No matter what it costs me.
*CONTENT WARNING: Hide and Keep is a 168K-word enemies-to-lovers romance intended for audiences 18+. Although is it book one in the Lit U Series, it can be read as a standalone. It contains content that may be triggering and/or disturbing to some readers, such as, but not limited to: foul language, alcohol use, graphic violence, explicit sexual situations, bullying, anxiety, depression, physical abuse, stalking, theft, talk of suicide, attempted suicide, talk of sexual assault/rape, attempted sexual assault, food poisoning, swallowing/exchanging of bodily fluids, public play, raw sex/sex without a condom. Any on-page sex between the main characters is consensual.
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Lit U Series: Book 2
Our parents’ marriage put us under the same roof, but it didn’t make us like each other.
My new stepsister is the definition of perfect. Kota Rhodes attends an Ivy League, lives in a mansion fit for royalty, and has a boyfriend always by her side.
Other than provoking the occasional punch and trading lingering stares, I got nothing to offer the perky cheerleader. So I keep my distance.
Until I start noticing the things no one else does—the tears, the nightmares, the blood under her fingernails.
Seems Stepsis is keeping just as many secrets as I am. Maybe more.
Then comes 7 Minutes in Sea Haven.
Seven minutes with the girl who hates me. We’re in the woods, she’s blindfolded, she has no idea it’s me.
Finally, I get to see the real Kota Rhodes.
It should be long enough…right?
CONTENT WARNING: 7 Minutes in Sea Haven is a 150K-word hate-to-love stepbrother romance standalone intended for audiences 18+. Although it is book 2 in the Lit U series, it can be read as a complete standalone. It contains content that may be triggering and/or disturbing to some readers, such as, but not limited to: foul language, alcohol use, drug use, graphic violence, gun violence, bullying, misogyny, anxiety, depression, sleep paralysis, projectile vomiting, theft, gambling addiction, cheating (not between MCs), dermatillomania, talk of abortion, thoughts of suicide, attempted suicide, explicit sexual situations, talk of sexual assault/rape, swallowing/exchanging of bodily fluids, pet play, public play, bondage, primal play, sensory deprivation, raw sex/sex without a condom. Any on-page sex between the main characters is consensual, however there are a few intimate scenes where consent is dubious due to the circumstances. If you have any questions regarding those, please reach out to me at ashleymarieauthor@gmail.com.
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